Liverpool line up major summer overhaul as report says nine players could leave

Liverpool are reportedly preparing for a significant summer reset, with secondary reporting citing The Telegraph saying the club could part ways with as many as nine players as Arne Slot’s side moves deeper into a new transition cycle.

The report suggests Liverpool are ready to sanction a broad clear-out at the end of the season rather than limit changes to a few fringe departures. That would make the coming window one of the most important at Anfield since the start of the post-Klopp era, especially with the club already dealing with the break-up of part of its title-winning core.

Two exits are already official. Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the 2025-26 season after the club announced in March that his nine-year spell is coming to a close, while Andy Robertson was also confirmed this month as departing when his contract expires this summer. Those two confirmed departures alone make this a significant summer, even before any wider sales are completed.

What gives the story extra weight is the wider context around Liverpool’s squad planning. Earlier this month, Slot said last season’s title had effectively “postponed” the end of an era and made clear that both he and the club hierarchy understood a rebuild was required. In that sense, a large turnover would not be an isolated reaction to one result, but part of a broader acknowledgement that the current group has reached the end of a cycle.

Beyond Salah and Robertson, however, the rest of the reported departures remain unconfirmed. Secondary coverage of the Telegraph story has linked names such as Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Federico Chiesa, Calvin Ramsay, Rhys Williams, Joe Gomez and Alexis Mac Allister to the possible clear-out, but Liverpool have not officially announced any of those exits. That distinction matters, because the story at this stage is about reported planning rather than completed transfers.

Still, the direction now looks clear. Liverpool appear to be entering a decisive summer in which sentimental value may count for less than squad renewal, wage space and transfer flexibility. If the club follows through on a clear-out anywhere close to the scale being reported, this window could define not only Slot’s next season, but the shape of Liverpool’s next era.